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Highlights the 2002 annual awards for information technology industry in the U.S. Awards received by Microsoft company; Recognition given to digital rights management; Contribution of Ximian Inc.

Comments on the business strategies used by computer companies in the U.S. Promotion of network computing; Redistribution of computing resources; Types of business strategies.

Presents a fictional fiasco by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service when it issued visa letters to the dead terrorists, Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi.

Explains the role and impact of the Internet in the economy of the United States. Reason for the recession being experienced by the country before the after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; Culpability of the investors in triggering the recession; Failure of companies and investors to understand the exact impact of the Internet on the rule of economy and industries.

Presents several predictions in the computer industry. Recovery of the United States information technology economy; Renewal of interest in network computing by the end of 2002; Transformation of the Microsoft Xbox game console into a network computer.

Comments on the opportunity presented by the administration of United States President George W. Bush to the software industry. Discussions on interest rates and tax cut; Economic recovery of the country; Open source computer operating systems.

Stresses the potential of the Tarantella computer software from Santa Cruz Operation company, in network-based computing and the application service provider sector in the United States. Limitations of the Microsoft Windows operating system; Advantages of the Tarantella technology; Explanation on the applications of Tarantella.

Deals with the 1999 LinuxWorld Expo in San Jose, California. Key promises expected by users from supporters of Linux operating system.

Predicts New Year resolutions that players in the computer industry in the United States might make for 1999. Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison's refusal to redefine network computers; Microsoft's abandonment of its predatory business practices; Consumer unacceptance of Linux inspite of aggressive campaigns.

Focuses on the issues surrounding software licenses in the United States. Merits of software licenses; General Public License requirement; Requirements for redistributing a Berkeley-licensed program.

Presents a humorous comparison between Bill Gates and the `Wizard of Oz.' `Wizard of Oz' character Dorothy's first encounter with corporate information technology (IT) professionals; Dorothy's song concerning the United States Department of Justice's allegations that Microsoft violated its consent decree; Song by Microsoft executives represented by the Tin Man character.

Comments on Microsoft Corp.'s filing of a claim with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission stating the Linux operating system poses a competitive threat to its Windows NT product. Microsoft's apparent intention to show that it does not violate antitrust laws; Possibility that the suit might backfire on Microsoft; Problems and product enhancements associated with Windows NT 4.0.

Relates how Ontrack's Data Recovery service was able to recover a deleted NetWare 3.x volume. Types of software offered by Ontrack which recover deleted volumes; Ability of the Ontrack Data Recovery for Network software to repair unmountable volumes; Cost of data recovery and emergency data diagnosis services offered by Ontrack.

Presents musical compositions about the United States computer industry which are sung to the tune of Christmas carols. Songs about local area network; Novell Inc.; Microsoft Corp.; Borland International Inc.; CD-ROM.

Presents narratives regarding computer use in the United States. Installation of TCP/IP products; Searching for the on/off switch on an office computer; Installation of Linux software; Inquiries regarding Goofy and Pluto characters.

Compares Microsoft Corp.'s predicament as the US Department of Justice pursue the antitrust lawsuit it filed against the company to the motion picture called `Brazil.' Criticisms on the Test Center Comparison's decision to prefer Symantec C++ over Microsoft NT.

Comments on developments in the United States computer industry for the week ending April 27, 1998. Citrix WinFrame as a replacement for Windows NT 4.0; New Zealand as a breeding ground for thin clients.

Focuses on the use of information systems Internet service providers by corporate information technology (IT) departments in the United States. Maintenance of servers by the service providers; Reasons for outsourcing IT resources to Internet service providers.

Comments on the alliances in the computer industry in the United States. Significance of the alliance among Microsoft, Compaq and Digital to Microsoft; Nature of relationship among Microsoft, Compaq and Digital; Hewlett-Packard's decision to play down its network appliance strategy for fear of offending Microsoft.

Presents forecasts on the United States computer industry for 1998. Consequences of the battle between Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer; Question on development strategies regarding Windows NT or Windows 98; Evolution of Web servers into application servers.

Focuses on the need for computer vendors in the United States to develop products that support the extensible markup language (EML). Comparison of EML with the Hypertext Mark Language; Significance of EML to the health-care industry.

Presents a forecast of the direction of the computer industry in the United States for the years going into the millennium. Three constants of the economy of the personal computer era; Emergence of communication as the center for economic growth; Bandwidth as the driving force.

Comments on some developments in the computer industry in the United States, compiled as of April 14, 1997. Includes the inclusion of the CorelDraw 7 and Corel Web tools that come with Corel Office for Windows NT Server 4.0; Insights offered by the CBooks Express Web site regarding Web commerce; Bill Gates' announcement of an addition to the Windows family called the Windows Terminal.

Presents the Down to the Wire General Protection Fault (GPF) awards for the computer industry. Includes Don't Eat Your Own Cookie award; Criminals Apply for Gun Permits award; Legislating from the Bench award; Cut Bait and Switch award; Blade Runner Life Span award; Reasons to Sue Lawyers award; Beverage Through the Nose award; Go for the Tin award.

Focuses on the intense competition in the office-suite segment of the American computer software industry. Refusal by Lotus Development Corp. and Corel Corp. to concede a humiliating defeat to Microsoft Corp.'s Office; Competing products.

Focuses on the conduct of computer studies by research organizations in the United States. Issues associated with the conduct of studies; Proposed methodology in the conduct of computer studies.

Focuses on myths perpetrated by the press about some computer products. Prediction that Java will make OpenDoc irrelevant; Assertion that Microsoft's OLE and Component Object Model have the greatest industry support as a component architecture compared to CORBA and International Business Machines' System Object Model; Microsoft's integration of HTML into the operating system.

Provides information about Phil Zimmerman's Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) freeware, a public-key encryption program designed to ensure personal privacy of various files on the Internet, particularly of electronic mail messages. United States government's conduct of an investigation into the PGP freeware; Merit of the government's Clipper chip approach to public encryption; PGP's system of operation.

Assesses events in the computer industry in 1995. Novell's error in ignoring the value of UnixWare; Release of Symantec's Norton Navigator for Windows 95; Launching of Microsoft Network.

Presents the author's predictions for the computer industry during 1996. Includes Microsoft Corp.'s rollout of the OLE-DS, a specification for network directory services and Microsoft Exchange; Novell Inc.'s sale of its productivity applications to Oracle Corp.; Microsoft's shipment of Windows NT 4.0.